MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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